Southern Pacific Railway Workshops — Attraction in Sacramento

I haven’t been inside here, but I have seen the outside, read a book on them, and have seen a list of engines and cars that are housed here. Some of the things, like AMTK 281 and the first-ever double stack car, are very rare and are really cool and I don’t understand why they aren’t put into the main museum, as they are in decent condition. There is also some derelict equipment here, like the original switcher that was used in the shops and a few boxcars that are housed out front. I would love to take a tour of these and if you get the...

I’m not sure why California doesn’t build out a state of the art railway station here since Sacramento is an arterial corridor for the PNW, Sierras, Southern California, and the CA coast - it could be quite a visionary project. Hopefully that can be a reality in...

So Very cool to see restoration of our transportation history...